The Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP Julie Okah-Donli has pledged to use sports as an effective instrument to combat the menace of human trafficking in the country.
Okah-Donli said this at the IBB Golf club as part of activities to commemorate the 2019 World Day against Human Trafficking.
The NAPTIP boss who tee-ed-off the monthly IBB International Golf and Country Club tournament, said the activity was part of ways to create awareness against human trafficking.
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She said the agency was collaborating with relevant stakeholders, including sports to create awareness against human trafficking.
She urged Nigerian youth interested in sports to always follow the right agent and agency when traveling abroad for sporting events.
The World Day Against Human Trafficking is celebrated every July 30th and the theme for this year is “Human Trafficking: Call your Government to Action”.
